Tag: exploitation

New Zealander Migrant Worker Made to Work 72 Hours a Week Without Getting Paid

A newly arrived immigrant in New Zealand was found to be exploited by her company, working 12-hour days, six days a week, without getting paid. Haesol Yuk arrived in New Zealand with her family in 2019 from South Korea when her husband got an appointment as the Pastor of the Jesus Aroma Church Trust, according…


LIVE NOW: House Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children

The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children at 3:00 p.m. ET on April 26. Tara Lee Rodas, Health and Human Services whistleblower, Federal Inspector General employee; Sheena Rodriguez, founder and president of Alliance for a Safe Texas; and Jessica Vaughn, director of Policy Studies, Center…


House Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children

The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children at 3:00 p.m. ET on April 26. Tara Lee Rodas, Health and Human Services whistleblower, Federal Inspector General employee; Sheena Rodriguez, founder and president of Alliance for a Safe Texas; and Jessica Vaughn, director of Policy Studies, Center…


China’s Resource Exploitation in South America is ‘Unstoppable’

As China continues expanding its influence through investment, some locals in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador, have pushed back and are speaking out against the emerging investment partner over issues of mistreatment and pollution. Bolivia awarded the Chinese government a 49 percent stake in their lithium reserves back in 2019—the largest of its kind in the world—in a $2.3 billion deal….


Brutal Work Conditions See a Chinese Man Prefer to ‘Lie Flat’

For many youths around the world, the dream of wealth and ease is commonplace. While opportunities still exist in some countries, many Chinese youth are abandoning hope of upward social mobility and opting for a passive lifestyle, fulfilling basic personal needs—a social trend that has come to be known as “lying flat.” A 23-year-old man,…


Art Imitates Life—Inside the Insidious World of Elder Guardianships

Commentary Given that this is a crime and justice column, it is pretty safe to say this will likely be the only time I do a movie review. But considering the subject matter of the new movie “I Care a Lot,” this film is right up my alley. As longtime readers may remember, I have…